The Life and Work of Dostoevsky Quiz

Answer: Maxim Gorky

Gorky made the statement in 1905. D.H. Lawrence had less flattering things to say about Dostoevsky, likening him to "the rat, slithering along in hate, in the shadows, and in order to belong to the light, professing love, all love." In 1920 Hesse professed his fear of Dostoevsky's "slavic murkiness." Of the four men listed, only Berdyaev thought highly of Dostoevsky.

Answer: Ivan Karamazov

In "The Brothers Karamazov" Ivan states that he beleives there is no God, therefore everything is permitted.

Answer: Natasya Filippovna

Natasya Filippovna's painting is carried by Rogozhin. Grushenka is the love interest of both Dimitri and Fyodor Karamazov in "The Brothers Karamazov." Katerina Ivanovna is the consumptive wife of Marmeladov in "Crime and Punishment." Dounia is the sister of Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment."

Answer: pestle

Dimitri impulsively grabbed the pestle from Grushenka's kitchen as he stormed toward his father's house, believing her to be there. The pestle was irrefutably used to bludgeon the servant Gregory (by Smerdyakov) as Dimitri escaped over the garden wall.

Answer: Nikolay and Dmitri

Seymon Zakharovitch Marmeladov is a dismissed government official-turned alcoholic who is the father of Raskolnikov's love-interest, the pious prostitue, Soina, and the husband of Katerina Ivanovna. Rodya is a nickname of the main character Raskolnikov. Luzhin is engaged to Raskolnikov's sister, and Profiry is an official investigating the murders. Kolya is one of Katerina Ivanovna's children from a previous marriage, and Rodka is yet another nickname for Raskolnikov.

Answer: 1846

In 1842 Dostoevsky had not yet been published. "Poor Folk", published in 1846, was Dostoevsky's first publication. He produced six publications in 1848, but none of them was "The Double", and in 1850 he was imprisoned in a Siberian work camp and did not publish.

Answer: Fetyukovich

Herzenstube is the doctor who testifies to Dimitri's insanity; Perkhotin is a young official and friend of Dimitri's who brings Fyodor Karamazov's murder to the attention of the authorities. Kirrillovich is the public prosecutor of Dimitri's trial. Fetyukovich travelled from Moscow to defend Dimitri.

Answer: Golyadkin

Petrushka is Golyadkin's servant. Krestyan Ivanovitch is Golyadkin's doctor. Gerasimitch is the butler of a friend of Golyadkin's who turns the man away from dinner.

Answer: ax

Raskolnikov stole the ax from the porter of his building and concealed it underneath his coat by means of a carefully contrived noose.

Answer: fifth

The narrator begins speaking of walking home on a gloomy evening, just as the street lamps are being lit. After a brief encounter with a lost and bedraggled little girl, the narrator opens a paragraph with "I mounted up to my fifth storey."